Massive Russian attack on Kyiv leaves four dead and dozens injured as fires erupt across the capital
According to emergency responders, the effects of the attack were recorded in ten districts of the capital.
In Kyiv's Obolon district, strikes set fire to around 30 vehicles and several warehouse facilities. Residential buildings were also damaged, with windows and doors blown out. In one apartment building, a fire broke out and structural damage occurred between the third and fourth floors. Another strike hit a nine-story residential building, which was then struck again in a subsequent attack. Emergency crews found two injured residents and handed them over to medical personnel.
In the Podil district, the attack sparked fires in both a private house and a multi-story residential building.
In the Pechersk district, a Russian strike hit a 17-story residential building, causing a fire. Following a direct impact, a blaze also broke out at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, where the roof of the Assumption Cathedral caught fire.
In Kyiv's Solomianskyi district, a Russian strike hit a nine-story residential building, causing fires on the fifth and sixth floors. Emergency responders reported rescuing 12 people, including three children.
In the Holosiivskyi district, fires broke out in a warehouse building, and a critical infrastructure facility was also hit.
In the Shevchenkivskyi district, damage was reported to a non-residential building, residential properties, and commercial facilities.
"Three people were rescued from a 25-story residential building. Another person was freed from an elevator and handed over to medics with burn injuries. The fire has been contained," Ukraine's State Emergency Service said.
In the Dniprovskyi district, preliminary reports indicate that a private home was damaged.
In the Desnianskyi district, firefighters recorded a fire on the grounds of an educational institution.
In the Darnytskyi district, falling debris sparked a fire.
In the Sviatoshynskyi district, residential buildings were damaged, though no fires were reported.
Initially, the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, Tymur Tkachenko, reported that two people had been killedin the attack.
The death toll later rose. According to updated information as of 5:40 a.m., authorities had confirmed 23 people injured, including a child.
According to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, damage and fires were recorded in nearly every district of Kyiv following the large-scale attack. Emergency and rescue teams were working at approximately 50 separate locations across the city.
Rescuers reported that 25 people were injured, including two children and a pregnant woman.
The Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), Metropolitan Epiphanius, published a statement on social media, describing the Russian strike on the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra as "yet another crime against humanity, against history, and against Christianity."
"As a result of the Russian attack currently underway on the night of June 15, the roof of one of the holiest sites in the Christian world — the Assumption Cathedral of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv — is on fire.
We ask for prayers to save this sacred site from destruction," he wrote.
Emergency crews continue to deal with the aftermath of the strikes on the grounds of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, where a fire engulfed approximately 800 square meters of the Assumption Cathedral's roof.
A separate fire also broke out at the National Cultural, Arts and Museum Complex "Mystetskyi Arsenal," affecting an area of around 1,000 square meters.
In addition, Russian strikes hit the Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Film Studio in Kyiv, damaging buildings and destroying its largest and oldest costume collection.
Rescue workers, municipal services, and specialized SES equipment remain deployed at all affected sites.
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